spoon-feed in Portuguese

(intransitive) To help somebody (usually a baby or elder) to eat using a spoon; to feed using a spoon.

(transitive) To overly pamper or indulge (someone), so that they do not (or because they failed to) act or think for themselves.

(ambitransitive) To explain (something, to someone) in simple words; to explain (it, to them) in words of one syllable; to spell (it) out (for them).